Nintendo Switch Games Update: Splatoon 2 and ARMS direct news coming with SECRET new game

Nintendo Switch Games Update: Will Nintendo Direct unveil a secret new game?

Nintendo will tomorrow host yet another Nintendo Direct live stream which they say will focus on upcoming Nintendo Switch exclusives Splatoon 2 and ARMS alongside some new 3DS releases.

The action will kick off April 12 at 11pm UK time and you can follow the action on the Nintendo YouTube page, as well as the Nintendo Direct website.

The hope among the majority of Nintendo Switch fans is that the Direct will finally announce the release dates for both Splatoon 2 and ARMS which are listed to release in 2017, but it's currently TBC as to when this might take place.

It's possible Nintendo could also take time to talk about Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, which is released later this month on April 28.

However, one well-known industry insider who can be followed on Twitter under the username @Stealth___ believes much more could also be on the cards.

"Global direct = at least one new game announcement." @Stealth___ first tweeted.

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The industry insider then followed it up with a series of tweets to explain his thinking further:

"Splatoon 2 and ARMs should get release dates. Surprise game is probably Switch.

"We were due for a pre-E3 Nintendo Direct.

"Mario, Xenoblade 2, FE Warriors. Expect none of that on Wednesday.

"Do not be fooled. Nintendo says they are focusing on Arms and Splatoon 2, but global directs ALWAYS have a new game announcement. Always.

"I have been thinking about this, and I think my guess for the surprise Nintendo Direct announcement is a Monster Hunter XX localization."

Right now there's no way of telling what else Nintendo might be planning, but we'll find out all at 11PM UK time on April 12.

In the meantime, Nintendo Switch fans can look forward to playing two new games this week which will be available to purchase on the digital eShop.

First up is Mr. Shifty available on April 13 and if you've not seen anything of it so far, its basically a sort of top-down heist game in the style of Hotline Miami.

"Shift through bullets, and master lightning-fast takedowns in an all new kind of action game from tinyBuild and Team Shifty! Mr. Shifty follows a teleportation-fueled heist to break into the world's most secure facility."

Shortly after the release of Mr. Shifty, Nintendo Switch players will also be able to get their hands on Jackbox Party Pack 3.

The long-running party game series makes its way onto the platform on April 13 and unlike 1-2 Switch, you can get as many people involved at once thanks to the games handy feature of allowing players to use phones, tablets, or computers as extra controllers.

"From the makers of Fibbage, Drawful, and You Don't Know Jack, it's The Jackbox Party Pack 3! The threequel to the party game phenomenon features the deadly quiz show Trivia Murder Party, the say-anything sequel Quiplash 2, the brain-battering guessing game Guesspionage, the t-shirt slugfest Tee K.O., and the sneaky trickster game Fakin’ It."

Both games should more than fill the void before two big name titles released later this month, with Puyo Puyo Tetris and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe both on the horizon.